A year after being hit with a lawsuit from Brittanee Drexel’s mother, a South Carolina resort is disputing claims that it allowed the 17-year-old New Yorker to check in before she was kidnapped and murdered on a 2009 spring break trip. Drexel’s mother, Dawn Pleckan, filed a lawsuit on Jan. …
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A new way of using artificial intelligence to streamline traffic could soon be coming to cities across the country. Tech giant Google’s new Project Green Light system is currently being used in Seattle as a way to combat the city’s gridlocked streets, using the company’s Maps database and AI to …
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A Georgia sheriff’s deputy was killed Thursday morning after being stuck by another law enforcement vehicle during a police chase that crossed into Alabama. The Coweta County Sheriff’s Office said Deputy Sheriff Eric Minix was killed in the crash after the pursuit by Georgia law enforcement of a stolen vehicle …
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The number of police officers shot on the job hit a new high in 2023, according to a report from the National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP). The national police group, which has more than 373,000 members, said 378 officers were shot in the line of duty in 2023, up …
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The country’s largest native tribe is concerned about plans to put human remains on the surface of the moon. The Navajo Nation voiced outrage at NASA at a press conference on Friday, lamenting plans for the Jan. 8 launch of the Vulcan Centaur to deposit approximately 250 capsules of human …
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The latest release of Jeffrey Epstein files on Monday revealed photos that appear to show girls or young women on his private island in 2006 – as well as his longtime madam and accomplice who denied being present during that period. The judge overseeing the case later ordered the file …
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A U.S. Navy helicopter crashed in Southern California on Thursday night, according to a military spokesperson. A MH-60R Seahawk crashed in the waters of San Diego Bay shortly after 6:30 p.m., as the aircraft was participating in a training exercise, according to Cmdr. Beth Teach of the Naval Air Force …
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ASHBURN, Va. – More than 200 Virginia students probably won’t have to retake their SAT exams after all: Officials who blamed UPS for losing the box of tests say it’s been found at the school. The college entrance exams went missing last month at Broad Run High School in Ashburn. …
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Prosecutors are disputing the innocence claims of a prisoner who’s trying to become the latest inmate freed from Alabama’s death row. The state attorney general’s office asked a federal judge Monday to reject the appeal of 66-year-old Donnis George Musgrove. Musgrove contends he’s innocent of a 1986 …
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PITTSBURGH – Police say a 2-year-old girl found dead in the woods of a Pittsburgh suburb had been placed there by someone because it was too far for her to walk by herself. Allegheny County police say Adrionna Williams was discovered dead about 40 minutes after her family reported her …
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